Intellectual Property
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYERS IN LEICESTER
Why intellectual property is important
Intellectual property plays an extremely important role in the modern economy. It allows businesses to create and maintain competitive advantages; build a brand and reputation and make sure that they can properly profit from their own labour. For these reasons, intellectual property disputes between large corporations often make the news. Indeed, without intellectual property, the modern economy would be quite different.
The truth about intellectual property
Intellectual property, however, is a fairly complex and misunderstood area of the law. Intellectual property can be thought of as a type of property much in the same way as a chattel (thing) is. The difference is, intellectual property is intangible – you cannot hear, see or smell it. You can, however, sell, buy, lease and register it much in the same way as you can for land and chattels.
How Leicester Solicitors can help
Leicester intellectual property solicitors are experienced in a wide-range of intellectual property matters and have worked with business’s of all shapes and sizes and aim to provide commercially relevant advice. Our solicitors have expertise in various industries, so you can be assured of dealing with a solicitor who will provide you with relevant, efficient and practical advice. We can provide advice and assistance and with:
- Intellectual property audits to ascertain your IP rights
- Intellectual property litigation and disputes
- Intellectual property rights enforcement and counterfeit monitoring
- Transfers of IP rights
- Patent protection
- Patent applications
- Trademarks protection
- Registered trademark applications
- Copyrights
- Design rights
- Collaboration and research agreements
- Franchising, distribution, manufacturing and agency agreements
- Your duties under the Freedom of Information Act
- Your duties under the Data Protection Act
- Your duties under E-commerce laws (such as the E-commerce Regulations)
- Website domain names
Applying for a patent
We won’t lie. Depending on your invention, applying or a patent can be quite a long process, but if successful, one that can pay off massively. To apply for a patent, you will need to fill in ‘form 1′ which will include diagrams of your inventions, a description and passage which outlines the unique technical features of your intention, a list of the technical features you want your invention to be protected for and a statement of inventorship signed by the inventor. Leicester intellectual property solicitors can advise you on all aspects of your application, including the planning and research stage, drafting the application and ongoing consultation on the progress of your application.